Panel cap



Sept. 27, 1955 M. P. JUNKIN PANEL CAP Filed Nov. 4, 1954 FIG.

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MALCOLM P. JUNKIN ATTOR NEYS United States Patent PANEL CAP Malcolm P. Junkin, Drexel Hill, Pa., assignor to National Metal Edge Box Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application November 4, 1954, Serial No. 466,771

2 Claims. (Cl. 340-367) This invention relates to a panel cap or more particularly relates to a cap which is adapted for providing a cover for a member which extends outwardly beyond the surface of a panel.

There is frequently associated with a panel a member which extends outwardly beyond the surface of the panel and which it is desired to cover. By way of example, in the electronic art television sets are frequently made with the television tube projecting rearwardly beyond the surface of the rear panel of the cabinet. Heretofore, the providing of a protective cover for a protruding portion of the tube has been accomplished by an expensive and complex means. There are a multitude of other examples in various fields. By way of further example, it is frequently desired to place a cap over a relay mounted on a panel.

It is therefore a broad object of this invention to provide an inexpensive cap adapted to cover an object extending outwardly from a panel.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a cap for an object extending outwardly from the surface of a panel which can be rapidly installed.

These and other objects of this invention become apparent in reading the following description in conjunction with the drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cap in accordance with this invention secured to a panel which is partially broken away.

Figure 2 is a section taken on the plane indicated by the line 22 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the cap of Figure 1 partially broken away and showing the manner of securing a catch member to a tongue.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a tongue and a catch member of the device in Figure 1.

As shown in Figure 1, a panel 2 has an opening 4 through which there extends a member 6. Spaced about opening 4 are a plurality of slots 8 in panel 2.

2,719,292 Patented Sept. 27, 1955 A cap 10 which may be formed of any suitable material, such as cardboard, jute board or heavy paper stock, has a face member 12. Integrally connected to face member 12 are panel members 14 which are respectively secured together by means of metal stays 16 in a manner well known to the box making art.

Each panel member 14 has a tongue 18 which is in registry with a slot 8 and is adapted to enter a slot 8. A catch member 20 is secured to each tongue 18. Each catch member 20 comprises a thin metal strip 22 having a scalloped edge 24 secured to tongue 18 by means of prongs 26 which are clinched to tongue 18 (see Figure 3). Metal strip 22 has a serrated edge 28 which, as shown in Figure 4, is bellied or curved outwardly away from tongue 18 (see Figure 4).

In order to secure cap 10 to panel 2, tongues 18 are inserted in slots 8 and the cap pushed towards panel 2. As the cap moves towards the panel, the curved portion of each metal strip 22 is first flattened sufficiently to pass through its respective slot 8 and then springs outwardly to engage the panel 2 to prevent the withdrawal of cap 10.

It is not desired to be limited except as set forth in the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A cap for protecting an object which projects outwardly from the surface of a panel which comprises a hollow member having an open end, a plurality of tongues projecting from said open end, and adapted to pass through slots in a panel, each of said tongues having secured thereto a metal strip with a curved edge extending away from the tongue and extending from one end of the strip to the other end of the strip, the curved portion of said metal strip being adapted to engage the interior face of the panel after passage through the slot.

2. A cap for protecting an object which projects outwardly from the surface of a panel which comprises a hollow member having an open end, a plurality of tongues projecting from said open end, and adapted to pass through slots in a panel, each of said tongues having secured thereto a metal strip with a serrated, curved edge extending away from the tongue and extending from one end of the strip to the other end of the strip, the curved portion of said metal strip being adapted to engage the interior face of the panel after passage through the slot.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,696,609 Seever Dec. 7, 1954 

